Course curriculum

  • 01

    Welcome

    • Introduction & Welcome Tour Letter

    • Completion Time

    • How to Follow the Lessons

    • General Essay

    • Module 3: Syllabus, Required Textbook Checklist, and Printable Reference Guide

    • Affiliate Links

    • Open Library
  • 02

    Module 3: Lessons 1-25

    • Lesson 1: Intro to Plant Medicine & the Plant Healer’s Path

    • Lesson 1: Quiz & Essay

    • Lesson 2: Nomenclature & the Botany of Global Plants

    • —Intro to Botany 101

    • —Plant Anatomy & Morphology

    • —Plant Systematics

    • —Field Botany

    • —Botanical Illustrations

    • —Fungi & Bryophytes

    • —Famous Botanists & Scientists

    • —Ethnobotany & Economic Botany

    • —Plants of Interest & Commodity Plants

    • —Horticulture for Botanists

    • —Glossary

    • Lesson 2: Quiz & Essay

    • Lesson 3: Adaptogens for Stress & Physiological States

    • Lesson 4: Ethical Wildcrafting • Responsible Foraging • Plant Identification • Wild Edibles • Edible Flowers

    • Lesson 4: Quiz & Essay EDIT

    • Lesson 5: Herbs from A-Z & Poisonous Look-Alikes

    • Lesson 5: Quiz

    • Lesson 6: Herbal First Aid & Traditions in Western Herbalism

    • Lesson 6: Quiz

    • Lesson 7: Plant Energetics & The Herbal Clinician

    • Lesson 7: Quiz

    • Lesson 8: Ocean Seaweeds, Sea Veggies &, Algae

    • Lesson 8: Quiz

    • Lesson 9: Ibogaine for Drug Addiction

    • Lesson 10: Regional Profiles & Plant Biomes

    • Lesson 10: Quiz

    • Lesson 11: Medicinal Mushrooms: Fungi, Pharmacology, & Clinical Applications

    • Lesson: 11 Quiz

    • Lesson 12: Principles & Practice of Botanical Prescribing: Growing & Making Herbal Medicine • Concentrates • Infusions • Decoctions • Tinctures • Herbal Honeys, Syrups, & Vinegars

    • Lesson 12: Quiz

    • Lesson 13: Herbs & Pregnancy: The Childbearing Years

    • Lesson 14: Herbal Folklore & Plant Mysticism

    • Lesson 15: Delving Deeper into Clinical Herbalism & Herbal Medicine

    • Lesson 15: Quiz

    • Lesson 16: The 7 Rivers of Healing & Wise Woman Traditions with Susun Weed

    • Lesson 16: Quiz

    • Lesson 17: Herbal Antibiotics: Natural Alternatives for Treating Drug-Resistant Bacteria

    • Lesson 18: Herbal Antivirals: Natural Remedies for Emerging & Resistant Viral Infections

    • Lesson 19: Native American Herbalism

    • Lesson 20: Chinese Herbal Medicine for Beginners

    • Lesson 20: Quiz

  • 03

    Resources

    • Herbal Events Reference

    • Plant Monographs, Research, & Database References

    • A Few of Our Favourite Books for Herbalists & Plant Healers Reference

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    • Brilliant Botany

    • Herbs from A-Z

    • Weed Wanderings

    • Aromatic Studies

    • Pacific Botanicals

    • Below You Will Find Our Own Herbal Profiles with Ongoing Additions

    • Herbaria Magazine Issues

    • The Seaweed Man

    • The ABC Commission E Monographs

    • How it's Made: Elixirs

    • Micheal Moores Materia Medica

    • Recommended Reading

    • Permaculture on Medicinal Herbs

    • Sustainable Herb Project
  • 04

    Herb Profiles

    • Licorice

    • Lavender (lavandula)

    • Motherwort

    • Russian Sage (perovskia atriplicifolia)
  • 05

    Tincture Refresher Resources

    • How to Make Herbal Tinctures

    • Infused Liquors

    • Grape Alcohol

    • Using Alcohol for Tinctures

    • Organic Grape Alcohol for Herbal Formulas

    • Organic Grape Alcohol

    • Mother Earth's Medicine Cabinet